Tag: London Free Press
Politicians vote to pull slain soldier’s name from London street
Two multi-year efforts to rename two London streets finally may be reaching the end of the road, but with different fates. Wednesday, city politicians dropped the renaming of Plantation Road in London’s Oakridge neighbourhood, an effort under way for six years, while endorsing the immediate renaming of the east-end Trooper Wilson Place in a 4-1 […]
The Searcher: 9 years on, an old ally keeps looking for Shelley Desrochers
Roberta Kilbourn can remember driving down Hamilton Road when she saw the face on a billboard and the words: Missing, Shelley Desrochers.
Mayor, councillors pivot on using budget surplus for tax relief: ‘180-degree flip’
Just one year after city politicians forcefully shut down a similar idea, some have changed their tune on using surplus money to reduce tax increases, including during the last year of their term. Wednesday, council’s infrastructure and corporate services committee endorsed splitting $16.9 million of city hall’s nearly $60-million surplus to lower property tax hikes […]
Clean-up continues in parts of London pounded by spring storm
Some London homeowners were still waiting for the power to come back on more than 24 hours following a powerful storm that knocked over trees and forced the closings of four schools and a golf course. City crews and private tree companies fanned out in west and south London on Wednesday to clear branches and […]